Visual Techniques
Visual Techniques
Genre Conventions
These Memories Won't Last
Colours/Team Choice
100

If an image is shown through binoculars as if we were looking through them, what visual technique is this?

Framing

100

What visual technique uses posture, gestures and facial expressions to communicate emotions?

Body language

100

What genre do these conventions represent: experiments, future, advanced tech, problems, what if ideas, robots

Sci-fi

100

What did he believe his grandson stole?

His hat

100

What 2 colours make purple?

Blue + red

200
What is gaze?

Gaze is where a character looks, which then directs the viewer's eyes.

200

If a skull is used to represent death, what visual technique is this?

Symbolism

200

Define genre

A style or category of art, music or literature.

200

What was the grandpa missing when he was on the roof, fixing the antenna?

His trousers

200

What are the 3 primary colours?

Red, yellow and blue

300

If the largest and brightest figure in an image draws your eye first, what visual technique is being used?

Salience

300

If someone was cleaning the camera in an image, would they be in the foreground, middle ground or background?

They would be in the foreground

300

What genre do these conventions represent: fast pacing, physical conflict, chases, fights and high stakes?

Action

300

What did he bring up the hill when sent to fetch fresh cream?

Skis

300

What are the 3 secondary colours?

Orange, green and purple

400

Name 3 visual techniques used in 'these memories won't last'.

Examples: symbolism, reading path, gaze, framing, point of view, colour and vectors.

400

What is reading path?

How your eyes move through an image.

400

What genre would most likely include surveillance, rebellion and a lack of freedom?

Dystopian

400

What triggered his grandpa's memories of war?

Lack of circulation to his feet and legs.

400

How do you make black paint?

Examples:
Red+blue+yellow
Purple+yellow
Ultramarine+burnt umber
Pthalo green + orange red

500

What are the 2 main visual techniques used on broadway?

Costuming and props

500

What is juxtaposition?

Placing contrasting elements side by side for effect.

500

What 2 genres are used in '10 things I hate about you'?

Romance + comedy

500

When and where was his grandpa born?

Hungary and 1922

500

What shades of yellow and blue make chartreuse?

Bright lemon yellow + small amount of yellow blue/cyan blue.

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